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Text size [+][-]  Saturday March 20 2010GLOBAL EDITION

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22 Oct 2009 15:41

Some are more unequal than others

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Brian Griffiths thinks big bonuses are “a way to achieve greater prosperity for all”. The Goldman Sachs vice chairman has a reasonable philosophical case. But the recent historical record is against him. And inequality is a recipe for public anger and fiscal instability.

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